Ah, it’s that time of year when little hints can be seen regarding things soon to come. A flower beginning to bloom, a happy robin chirping away in the morning, as well as the appearance of…………….the dreaded asterisks in the EQE March Madness pool. Yes, with Round 2 of March Madness having now been completed, some entries sadly have been relegated to “No Chance in Hell” status. 22 entries fell into that category today, and to those we say thanks for participating…and we still need you to pay. About that we will be in touch shortly.
Round 2 produced so many unexpected results that if you’re batting better than 50% you can rightfully consider yourself to be among the elite pickers. A mere third of entries did that well, the best being 11 correct picks (out of 16), a mark that only our three current leaders, MF1, snorkelgal and Kid Bro Sweets achieved.
The more realistic situation is the standings as shown by Possible Points, where the lead remains unchanged with Junior GMan snagging the two top spots. However there are more than a few entries for which all four Final Four picks remain alive so really, it’s anybody’s chance at this point……unless, of course, you have an asterisk next to your entry.
A reminder here again (in case you missed it previously) you can view the various standings and sort them and peruse them to your heart’s content by clicking on the “Status Reports” menu selection above.
A bit of clarity is provided now with a display of each entry’s best possible finish now available. For instance, that wildly entertaining set of Badger entries (more to come on that momentarily) has an entry, Badger02, who currently sits in a six-way tie for 58th place, but whose best possible finish is fifth place – worth approximately $3.25. Interestingly, immediately behind Badger02 is Badger05 in 66th place, whose best possible finish is first place. Yeah, doesn’t make much sense to us either.
Speaking of the wildly entertaining Badger family, it’s time to zero in on the Brandy Award possibilities. It should surprise nobody that one of the Badger entries looks to be zeroing in on a free entry next year. But which one? In what looks to be a consolidated effort, the Badger03 and Badger04 appear to have joined forces, accomplishing together what no other entry was able to do, that is, miss on 12 of Round 2’s 16 games. With only four correct picks each, the two entries are solidly at the bottom of pile. But there is still plenty of competition given the number of entries that have seen 3/4 of their picks falling by the wayside. You’ll just have to wait until later this week for things to become more clear.